The Secretariat of National Defense’s construction activities near Bacalar Lagoon have sparked environmental concerns, protests from locals and criticism over the Mexican government’s disregard for environmental law.
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The overexploitation of soil in Mexico’s wester central state of Michoacán, caused by the cultivation of avocados, has produced drastic effects on the environment and the endemic ecosystems of that state. Mexico is the center of global avocado production, specifically the central region of the country. Today, at least 135,000 hectares of Michoacán — Mexico’s
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By KELIN DILLON Because Mexico has lost some 662,000 hectares of primary forest and 4.2 million hectares of tree cover over the past 18 years, organizations like Greenpeace have revealed that more than 15 percent of the nation’s primary forest has been put at risk by illegal deforestation to create fields or pastures and illicit logging practices. “Illegal logging in
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Deforestation in Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador formally apologized to the nation’s indigenous Maya people on Tuesday, May 4, for the multiple abuses committed against them over the course of the last five centuries, but the local Maya were having none of it. Speaking in a ceremonial event attended by both Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei and selected pro-government
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Sunday, April 18, that he will be proposing a new agreement between Central and North American countries over the migration crisis. AMLO said he’d be presenting his proposal at the virtual U.S. Climate Summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, which is set to be held on Thursday,
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Stop Deforestation
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For all the bad environmental news out there, there is some good news in terms of deforestation, at least in the Amazon Basin
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